Construction of the Arts building at the University of Queensland, St Lucia

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Huge task

The lasting qualities of Helidon stone were tested and approved by the University Department of Geology, under the late Professor H. C. Richards. Professor Richards also selected and tested the granite for the base. He did a powerful work for the new University, as did the late Professor A. C. V. Melbourne in the days of its preliminary organisation.

Their service, along with that of the designing architects, Hennessy, Hennessy & Co., will be measured only when a history of the University is written. The designing alone has been a massive task, entailing, on a conservative estimate, 6000 separate drawings.

The main building houses the Faculties of Arts, Commerce, and Law. Spread in a semi-circle round the back of it, across a Great Court, large enough to seat 10,000 people in an assembly, will be the buildings of other faculties.

The Chemistry and Geology blocks have

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University of Queensland Medical School, Herston, Brisbane

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

New Medical School.

At University.

Construction Immediately.

Brisbane, October 1.
In announcing completion of plans for a new medical school at the University of Queensland inauguration ceremony of the Faculty of Medicine tonight, the Minister for Health and Home Affairs (Mr. E. M. Hanlon) said the construction of the building would begin almost immediately.

In an address Professor H. Wilkinson, Professor of Anatomy and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, said the people of Queensland evidently had confidence in the new medical school being established in the State, because the enrolment up to the present was very highly satisfactory. The influence of the school would be left throughout the whole of the medical profession and would provide immense power for good in lives and welfare of citizens.

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Queensland Times, 2 October 1936

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Don’t drop the ball, secure your vehicle

A three-part crime prevention video series featuring ‘The King’ Wally Lewis has been launched to help reduce motor vehicle offences in Queensland. The first instalment focuses on vehicle security; an effective measure that only takes a few seconds and helps prevent thefts from and theft of vehicles. https://d2haxmvzil2swt.cloudfront.net/uploads/2018/04/18/153933_DDTB_VideoOne_Lock_your_car.mp4 Download Video Brisbane Region Acting Assistant Commissioner […]

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